About the Authors

Andrew Ward

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kyle P. Quinn

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evangelia Bellas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Irene Georgakoudi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

David L. Kaplan

David.Kaplan@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW KQ EB IG DK. Performed the experiments: AW KQ EB. Analyzed the data: AW KQ EB IG DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW KQ EB. Wrote the paper: AW KQ EB IG DK.